What's everyone's favorite campfire foods?

[huZZah]

Burgers/hot dogs are easy and good. Jalapeño poppers if I felt like doing them ahead of time. Campfire grill I’m all about easy on, off, and clean. I love me some campfire chili and frito pies but it’s so hard to clean the pot after. Iron skillet cornbread is easy and good. I do a one skillet breakfast with bacon, sausage, potatoes, eggs, and whatever peppers such you want. Ezpz. Steaks are simple if you want it rare-md rare. Otherwise you get beef jerky. 
 

Now at home over firepit, I can do steaks and chicken over the fire and they’re amazing. But I don’t wanna take all that crap camping. 

[TnRiver46]

2 minutes ago, huZZah said:

Burgers/hot dogs are easy and good. Jalapeño poppers if I felt like doing them ahead of time. Campfire grill I’m all about easy on, off, and clean. I love me some campfire chili and frito pies but it’s so hard to clean the pot after. Iron skillet cornbread is easy and good. I do a one skillet breakfast with bacon, sausage, potatoes, eggs, and whatever peppers such you want. Ezpz. Steaks are simple if you want it rare-md rare. Otherwise you get beef jerky. 
 

Now at home over firepit, I can do steaks and chicken over the fire and they’re amazing. But I don’t wanna take all that crap camping. 

Pro tip for cleaning a pot while camping: use sand and tiny gravel 

[TnRiver46]

Some photos from recent trips 

And the grand setup we use in Alabama when camping for a week 
 

 

[Boomstick]

1 hour ago, huZZah said:

Jalapeño poppers if I felt like doing them ahead of time.

I would be interested in how you make your own. Fire roasted?

I would actually be interested to make my own habanero poppers - huge chilihead here

[huZZah]

47 minutes ago, Boomstick said:

I would be interested in how you make your own. Fire roasted?

I would actually be interested to make my own habanero poppers - huge chilihead here

Either one. Slice in half (hot dog, longways) and clean out however much if the core you want. Seeds don’t add nearly as much fire as the inner lining holding them. Fill with cream cheese, wrap with a piece of bacon or a 1/2 strip depending on size of pepper. if the pepper is huge I’ll cut the long ways in half (hamburger) so it will wrap and cook easier.
Grill. You’re just cooking the bacon. I don’t add seasonings to my cream cheese. Basic. Can be made at least a day ahead of time. Pro tip: on a “new” grill, freshly cleaned, or old funky grill the poppers help grease it so burgers won’t stick. 
 

Devour. Edit: pic of spicy goodness
 

[NHBull]

Sweet Sausage, Fenway Frank's, Marshmallows ( burnt to hell)...

 

.....and have been known to have a cricket or 2 after. Few drinks ?

[N Florida Mike]

By far my favorite is fried butter cats caught fresh on a trotline at the lakes we camp on. 

Other than that , its hot dogs and smores.

[CountryboyinDC]

4 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

And the grand setup we use in Alabama when camping for a week 

A wall tent with refrigerator and range?  That's just cheating!

[CrankFate]

5 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

I wish that were true, i eat them a couple times a week But the problems persist

You have to be doing something wrong. Are you starting with a real fire? And using actual wooden sticks or skewers? Hershey’s chocolate? If that’s not working. You might want to try the Lindt bars, the Cabernet flavor or Blood Orange work well. If that doesn’t work, find Cinnamon Graham Crackers, but not the low fat ones. Also, if you are using charcoal, get one with hickory or mesquite wood in it.

 

But be warned, this only solves problems involving people who are present at the time you are making and eating them...

[TnRiver46]

8 hours ago, CountryboyinDC said:

A wall tent with refrigerator and range?  That's just cheating!

That tent is sight to behold. We used to use PVC pipes but storms snapped them. One member of our party got a bunch of steel pipes bent to fit by a muffler shop and it holds a lot better. The tarp I think is for a row of hay bales, we fold it up and store it in a big trash can on wheels. Once assembled, it’s affectionately referred to as the silver dome 

[CountryboyinDC]

@TnRiver46, you and your clever friends aren't camping, you're glamping!  A setup like that with all the good food you cook will make a person never want to go home.  That's a clever way to go about it too - we used to cover rolls of hay with tarps like that, and now that you mention it they are all silver (never saw a blue or green one).  I'm sure you've thought of it, but just keep that away from sparks.  Unlike a canvas one, it could make for an ugly fire.  But with the prices of the canvas ones, even an Army surplus GP medium, you've got all the functionality without the smell and cost.

[TnRiver46]

8 hours ago, CrankFate said:

You have to be doing something wrong. Are you starting with a real fire? And using actual wooden sticks or skewers? Hershey’s chocolate? If that’s not working. You might want to try the Lindt bars, the Cabernet flavor or Blood Orange work well. If that doesn’t work, find Cinnamon Graham Crackers, but not the low fat ones. Also, if you are using charcoal, get one with hickory or mesquite wood in it.

 

But be warned, this only solves problems involving people who are present at the time you are making and eating them...

We have experimented with dark chocolate kit kat in substitute of the graham crackers. Also used chocolate crackers and even chocolate oranges a few times 

[bulldog1935]

the Very Best camp food I remember is running the trotline first thing in the cold Feb morning, and dutch-oven-fried catfish for breakfast (boy scout troop).  

You drop a wooden match on the crisco in the dutch oven, and when it lights, the hot oil is ready for the fish pieces from the cornmeal bag.  When the fish floats, it's done.  

 

2nd best would be a trout that went belly up (sometimes the hook just strikes the wrong nerve).  Papered and sauteed in browning butter.  

 

Since everyone else brought up grill food, fresh redfish fillets on Cobb grill.  

 

The most creative camping invention was chile rellenos - stuffed with mixed boudin, canned lump crabmeat, and Italian cheese blend.  

 

For RV camping, Stevo brings his pizza oven and stone.  Honorable mention goes to hot dog sourdough pizza.  Gucci dogs from Randy's butcher, spicy catsup for sauce, American cheese; garnished with relish and mustard.  

 

If you're doing that sausage and eggs in the same skillet thing, might as well add onions, peppers and cheese for breakfast tacos.  Aluminum foil is an essential breakfast taco ingredient - it steams and blends the oils.  

[Boomstick]

46 minutes ago, bulldog1935 said:

The most creative camping invention was chile rellenos - stuffed with mixed boudin, canned lump crabmeat, and Italian cheese blend.  

 

Man, that looks good! I wish my oldest wasn't allergic to shellfish right now

[J Francho]

Use artificial crab - I think it's just pollack.

[Boomstick]

Just now, J Francho said:

Use artificial crab - I think it's just pollack.

Sometimes, but often there is a small amount of real crab in it, and it's enough to give him a sore throat.

[J Francho]

Ugh. Food allergies are an added angle with kids I have dealt with and it's a total pain. 

[bulldog1935]

1 hour ago, Boomstick said:

Man, that looks good! I wish my oldest wasn't allergic to shellfish right now

 

The scraped boudin links make it easy for camping, providing the necessary cooked rice.  

At home, you can make it fancy with cooked rice and cooked-down chorizo (Italian sausage or ground beef).  

This is my daughter stuffing the camp recipe to grill at home - still the world's simplest relleno.  

[Boomstick]

3 hours ago, J Francho said:

Ugh. Food allergies are an added angle with kids I have dealt with and it's a total pain. 

Yup. I was actually allergic to shellfish when I was younger, but not to the point I couldn't breathe or swallow, it would just come back up. That went away when I got to around 30 or so, but others remain. For example if I drink milk, I will feel sick.

[J Francho]

Milk protein allergies are what I was dealing with for my two oldest. 

[DitchPanda]

23 hours ago, N Florida Mike said:

By far my favorite is fried butter cats caught fresh on a trotline at the lakes we camp on. 

Other than that , its hot dogs and smores.

Enlighten me friend...what are butter cats?

[Boomstick]

1 hour ago, DitchPanda said:

Enlighten me friend...what are butter cats?

A butter cat is actually a term for some species of catfish that exist in Africa and Asia, but many people refer to bullheads as butter cats as well.

[N Florida Mike]

7 hours ago, Boomstick said:

A butter cat is actually a term for some species of catfish that exist in Africa and Asia, but many people refer to bullheads as butter cats as well.

Its a yellow bullhead. We've called em butter cats all my life in Florida . Delicious and extremely plentiful in wild Florida lakes.

[Columbia Craw]

Grilled chicken thighs slathered in bbq sauce and grilled sweet corn.

[Nelson Wormefeller]

After a long day of hiking...Was actually pretty good after being roasted over fire. It's already cooked in the can.